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Browser Tools MCP

Browser Tools MCP is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Monitor browser logs directly from Cursor and other MCP compatible IDEs. It has 7,327 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @agentdeskai/browser-tools-mcp.

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Install Browser Tools MCP

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "browser-tools-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@agentdeskai/browser-tools-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio browser-tools-mcp -- npx -y @agentdeskai/browser-tools-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "browser-tools-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@agentdeskai/browser-tools-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "browser-tools-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@agentdeskai/browser-tools-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Browser Tools MCP

Give your AI coding agent eyes on the browser. BrowserTools MCP streams console output, network activity, screenshots and Lighthouse audits from your real Chrome session — the one already logged into your app — to any MCP-compatible client: Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI, and others.

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What is Browser Tools MCP?

Browser Tools MCP is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Monitor browser logs directly from Cursor and other MCP compatible IDEs. It has 7,327 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @agentdeskai/browser-tools-mcp. The source code is at github.com/AgentDeskAI/browser-tools-mcp.

How do I install the Browser Tools MCP MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @agentdeskai/browser-tools-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Browser Tools MCP free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Browser Tools MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Aug 12, 2026. The latest release is v2.0.2, published Aug 12, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.